it was ridiculous . " co @ - @ producer brian en ##o estimates that half of the album sessions were spent trying to record a suitable version of " where the streets have no name " . the band worked on a single take for weeks , but as en ##o explained , that particular version had a lot of problems with it and the group continued trying to fix it up . through all of their work , they had gradually replaced each instrument take until nothing remained from the original performance . so much time had been spent on " screw ##drive ##r work " that en ##o thought it would be best to start from scratch . his idea was to " stage an
it was ridiculous. " co @ - @ producer brian eno estimates that half of the album sessions were spent trying to record a suitable version of " where the streets have no name ". the band worked on a single take for weeks, but as eno explained, that particular version had a lot of problems with it and the group continued trying to fix it up. through all of their work, they had gradually replaced each instrument take until nothing remained from the original performance. so much time had been spent on " screwdriver work " that eno thought it would be best to start from scratch. his idea was to " stage an